Lions DT Ndamukong Suh is in the midst of an eventful month on and off the field. / Benny Sieu, USA TODAY Sports

by Dave Birkett, USA TODAY Sports

by Dave Birkett, USA TODAY Sports

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was investigated and cleared last month by Birmingham, Mich., police for an incident in which he allegedly flashed a pellet gun at a cable repairman.

Mark Clemence, the Birmingham deputy chief of police, said no charges will be filed against Suh and that surveillance video taken from Suh's home-security system support his version of events.

According to a case report, Comcast employee Spencer Ferrell, 22, called Birmingham police shortly after 9 p.m. ET Aug. 16, the day after the Lions' exhibition loss to the Cleveland Browns, to report that Suh threatened him with a gun while he was working on a utility pole in Suh's backyard.

Suh did not respond to questions about the incident in the locker room nor after his news conference today. A Lions official declined comment.

In a written statement provided to police, Ferrell said Suh cursed at him while pointing a gun upward and asked him to leave his property.

Ferrell told police that Suh never pointed the gun directly at him. Police wrote in their report that he initially thought the gun "looked like an AK-47."

Suh was not home when police responded to the call, but investigators interviewed him at the Lions' team hotel in Dearborn that night, according to the report.

Clemence said Suh was cooperative when questioned at the hotel, and according to the report, Suh said he heard rustling in the trees behind his house after he returned home, "picked up a pellet gun that was in his garage ... and looked through the scope towards the trees."

Suh told officers "that he was 'in fear' for his and family members' safety daily and would always protect his family," according to the report.

"If you think I show aggression on the football field, I would show more to protect my family," Suh told officers, according to the report.

Suh had his sister, Ngum, turn the weapon, a green Gamo Varmint Hunter HP air rifle, over to police for the duration of their investigation. Birmingham police reviewed surveillance video with Ngum Suh on Aug. 20 at the Oakland County Prosecutor's Office.

According to the report, the video showed Suh looking into his backyard after he arrived home. Ferrell then approached Suh, turned to show his reflective vest with "Xfinity" on the back, and the two communicated for a short period of time.

"At no time in the video did Mr. Suh point the pellet gun at Mr. Ferrell in a threatening manner," the report said. "The video shows the pellet gun in Suh's right hand pointing at the ground. After several minutes, Mr. Suh has it over his right shoulder, pointing away from Mr. Ferrell."

Suh was fined $100,000 by the NFL on Tuesday for an illegal block he delivered to Minnesota Vikings center John Sullivan, the sixth fine of his NFL career.

He said today the fine is "going through the appeals process," and he did not offer an opinion on its enormity.

"You got to ask the league that question, whether they wanted to make a decision off my reputation or off of this year or whatever it may be," Suh said. "It's the first game of the year, so I don't know."

Suh had several run-ins with police during his first three NFL seasons. Last year, Suh was ticketed twice, once for speeding after he was clocked doing 91 m.p.h. in 55-m.p.h. zone in his native Portland, Ore., and a second time for driving without due care and caution in Lathrup Village.

Suh also was involved in a minor fender bender last fall in which neither driver was ticketed, a two-car accident in 2010 in which the driver of the other vehicle was ticketed, and in 2011, he crashed his 1970 Chevrolet Coupe into a tree, light pole and drinking fountain while serving a two-game suspension for stomping on the arm of Green Bay Packers lineman Evan Dietrich-Smith.